DirectShow - Order of invocation of IAMStreamConfig::SetFormat and ICaptureGraphBuilder2::RenderStream creates issues in some video cameras

Question

I have to configure my video camera display resolution before capturing and processing the data. Initially I did it as follows.

1. Created all necessary interfaces

Answer 1

IAMStreamConfig::SetFormat needs to be used to set capture format before the pin is connected and rendered. This way the downstream subchain of filters is built with proper media types.